Tankers
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Maersk Tankers orders six LR2s at Dalian Shipyard
Maersk Tankers has confirmed an order for six LR2 newbuildings with China’s Dalian Shipyard, exercising six of ten options it…
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Scorpio Tankers seals new loans worth $196m
Moanco-headquartered Scorpio Tankers has sealed deals for three separate loan facilities worth up to $195.9m, adding $53.9m of new liquidity…
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Capital Product Partners wins new charters
Greek owner Capital Product Partners (CPP) has won new time charter contracts for two boxships and sealed an extension for…
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Gibson senses déjà vu in the tanker market as orders pile up
Despite constant headlines pointing to VLCC demolition activity, shipbrokers Gibson says that history could be repeating itself in the tanker…
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Enesel offloads VLCC to Aeolos as newbuilds set to deliver
Greek owner Enesel has sold 2007-built VLCC , its only VLCC currently on the water. The Andonis Lemos-led company has…
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Norden snaps up MR tanker pair from Kirk Kapital
Danish owner Norden has added to its fleet, acquiring 2009-built MR2 tanker pair Marianne Kirk and Anja Kirk according to brokers. The…
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Texas City oil terminal welcomes its first VLCC
The Enterprise Products Partners (EPP) oil terminal at Texas City, Texas, has received a very large crude carrier (VLCC) for…
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Lego family dismantles product tanker business
The wealth fund owned by members of the Lego family is quitting the product tanker business after notching up losses.…
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Tsakos finds a buyer for its oldest VLCC
Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) has found a buyer for its oldest VLCC, the 1998-built . The 301,171 dwt ship has…
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Shenghang Shipping looks to establish financial leasing arm
Chinese domestic chemical tanker owner Nanjing Shenghang Shipping is planning to establish a financial leasing unit as part of its…
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Weekly Broker: Resurgent dry bulk sees vessel inspections spike
The secondhand dry bulk carrier sale and purchase market remained firm for yet another week, with buyers focusing mostly on…
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19 tankers being held by Houthis in Yemen
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to war torn Yemen Mohammed al-Jaber has claimed Houthi militias have detained 19 tankers and prevented them…
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KOTC splashes for four MRs at Hyundai Mipo
Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC) has signed a contract with South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard for four medium range product…
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Calisa selling MR tanker to PetroVietnam
Genoa-based shipping firm Calisa, part of the Novella Group, is close to selling one of the four tankers in its…
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KOTC tanker fleet set to double through to 2040
Kuwait has outlined plans to more than double its tanker fleet by 2040. Kuwait Petroleum Corp CEO Nizar al-Adsani, speaking…
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Vroon product tanker spills 2,600 gallons of HFO in Mississippi River
The US Coast Guard (USCG) and other entities were responding on Monday to an oil spill from a Dutch-flagged tanker…
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PetroVietnam takes Doun Kisen aframax
A month after active PetroVietnam added Chembulk’s Kings Point, renamed Opec Fortune, for just under $14m, the growing Southeast Asian outfit…
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Dingheng boss slams fellow Chinese owners for lacking management nous
Talking about the critical issue that Chinese private owners are having difficulties to secure financing at the Capital Link International…
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Bob Burke pins hopes on Thanksgiving turnaround for tankers
The tanker shipping sector is now suffering dire times, however, in the international owner session during the Capital Link International…
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Nobu Su documentary raises more questions than it answers
Jenna Brown from Shipamax, the cloud software platform for the bulk shipping industry, attended Friday’s premiere of The Outsider, the…
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